Bottle-lock.



W. H BRYAN.

BOTTLE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1908.

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W. H. BRYAN.

BOTTLE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, was.

Patented Nov. 16. 1909.

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WILLIAM H. BRYAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. I

BOTTLE-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Application filed November 6, 1908. Serial No. 461,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BRYAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, (whose post--ofiiceaddress is No. 218 East Pleasant street, city of Baltimore, State ofMaryland, United States of America,) have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bottle-Locks; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

My invention relates to bottle locks and has for its object to provide asimple and eflective lock, preferably of the permutation type, in whichall the members thereof are connected together and removable as a unit,thereby avoiding the necessity of requiring one or more members of thelocking mechanism to be secured to the neck of the bottle.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are similarly designated,Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of my device comprising a capcapable of taking over and inclosing the stoppered bottle neck. Fig. 2is a vertical central section through the bottle lock. Fig. 3 is a planthereof having part of the casing that unites the several parts cutaway. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the members of the lock. Fig. 5 is asection through the cap or cover. Fig. 6 is a section through thepermutation ring and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a locking member orbolt. Fig. 8 is an elevation of a modification show ing the deviceapplied to a decanter. Fig. 9 is a section of the same. Fig. 10 is aplan View similar to Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is a plan view similar to Fig. 4.Fig. 12 is a perspective of a modified locking member or bolt and Fig.18 is a view showing a movable two-part permutation ring.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 7, I have shown a bottle lockcapable of being applied to any of the well known forms of whisky orwine bottles 2, provided with the customary bead 3. In this form ofbottle lock one of the movable members of the lock is formed as a cap orcover 4, capable of inclosing the top of the bottle and its stopper, andI have shown this cover or cap as being sufliciently high to leave roombetween the lip of the bottle and the under face of the cap to allow thecork to project slightly from the bottle.

In Fig. 5, I have shown the cover cap 4 in section which is preferably,but not necessarily, made in one piece of spun or drawn metal and isprovided with an off-set 5 having a depending flange 6, the flange beingnotched or cut through at one point of its periphery, as at 7 for thereception or passage of a portion of the locking member or bolt. On thesides of the cap 4 and adjacent the off-set 5 I place one or more indexcharacters 8 in order to set the cap 4 to the combination, which cap 4forms one of the rotatable permutation members of the lock.

The end of the flange 6 of the cap 4 seats on the rabbet 8 on the innerwall of the permutation ring 9. The rabbet 8 on the ring 9 may bedispensed with, but I have found that when the rabbet is used the cover4 will slide or rotate much easier with respect to the ring 9. The ring9 is provided with a notch or slot 10 extending almost entirely throughthe ring, from its center to its outer periphery and said slot iscapable of registering with the slot or notch 7 in the cap 4. Thepermutation ring 9 is provided with indices, here shown as numerals andrests on a filler piece 11 preferably, but not necessarily,semi-circular in form and more clearly shown in Fig. 4, and also on themovable locking member or bolt 12, whose inner periphery fits the bottleneck. The movable locking member 12 is provided with two springs 13,that urge the locking member or bolt against the bottle neck, and i astruck up lug 14, said lug being dimensioned to pass into the slots 7and 10 when said slots are in register. This lug 14 is preferablyintegral with the locking member 12 and has its free end 15 turned backsubstantially parallel with and over the locking plate or bolt 12 asshown in Fig. 7, so that when the lug 14 is opposite the registeringnotches 10 and 7 by simply pulling on the cap 4, the bead 3 on thebottle neck will act to cam over the locking bolt or plate 12 and in sodoing the lug 14 will enter the registering notches, but its overturnedend 15 will not pass beyond the flange 6 of the cap 4. This will preventthe cap 4 and the permutation ring 9 from rotating with respect to oneanother during the unlocking movement, 2'. 6. when removing theassembled device from the bottle.

A metal casing 16 is provided that carries a set of numbers and whoseupper face contains a notch or cut-away portion 17 through which thenumerals or indices on the movable permutation ring 9 closed within itare visible and through which the milled periphery of this permutationring can be engaged by the finger so that its numeral can be set withrespect to the notch. This casing serves the double purpose of a carrierfor the numbers to which the cover 4 is set and as a means for holdingthe parts assembled. The plate 11 is held stationary by friction orotherwise and in the example illustrated the milling of the exterioredge of the casing assists in holding the plate in place inasmuch as theplate makes a close fit with the interior of the casing 16. Below thefiller piece 11 and the locking member 12 is an annular plate 18 formingpart of the casing and held in place by turning over or spinning overthe lower edge of the casing 16.

In those locks that I have made one of the indices 8 on the cap 4 isspaced with respect to the notch so as to set opposite one of thenumerals or indices on the upper face of the casing 16 and the movablepermutation ring is made so that one of its numbers or indices appearingat the cut-away portion 17 will cause the two notches 7 and 10 toregister so that any one knowing the combination can open the lock.

In Figs. 8 to 12 I have shown a modification as applied to a decanter inwhich the cover or movable cap P has its stop cut off and the metalforced into engagement with the angular, glass stopper of the decanterand instead of being provided with only a single notch it is providedwith two notches 7 and 7 opposite one another. The permutation ring 9 isalso provided with two notches 10 and 10 diametrically opposite oneanother. The ring 9 in this form rests on two arcuate locking members 19more clearly shown in Fig. 11 and pivoted at 20 to the bottom of thecasing 16 which in this particular instance is shown in a single piece.Each of the pivoted locking members 19 is provided with a spring 13 anda locking lug 14 having its end 15 bent over said member as heretoforedescribed with respect to Fig. 7. The case 16 is provided with thecutaway portion or notch 17 through which the milled edge of thepermutation ring 9 can be turned. The operation is identical with thatof Fig. l with the exception that there are two locking members 19 thatare spread apart by the head on the top of the bottle when pulling thestopper from out of the bottle. The stopper itself acts as a handle torotate the cover 43.

In Fig. 13 I have shown a modification of the permutation ring 9 inwhich this ring is made in two parts. The upper one 9 being separablefrom the lower part 9 and held thereto by a screw 21. The lower portionof the ring 9 contains the notch or notches 10 and also contains anumber of equally spaced screw holes 22. The head of the screw 21 islocated between two indices or numerals on the upper portion 9 of thering 9 and can be removed when the ring is rotated to bring the screw atthe notch 17 in I the casing 16*. By removing the screw and rotating thelower portion 9 of the ring with respect to the one 9 one or moredivisions and reinserting the screw the combi nation can be readilychanged by the user, as this shifts the numerals or indices on the ring9 with respect to the notch 10.

hen the bolt or looking member or members are held in engagement with oragainst the bottle neck under the bead 3 on the bottle by the spring orsprings and one or both permutation members and, the cover 1 or the ring9, is turned the lug 14 cannot be forced back by pullingup the cover, asthe the notch 7 does lie behind it then the solid wall of ring 9 will doso, thus doubly preventing the movement of the bolt or bolts.

I claim 1. A bottle lock comprising a cover, a permutation lockingmechanism including a bolt capable of engaging a bead on the exterior ofthe bottle, said cover, locking mech anism and bolt removable from thebottle as a unit.

2. A bottle lock comprising a cover, a permutation mechanism and aspring actuated bolt urged into locking position, said permutationmechanism controlling the movement of the bolt, said cover permutationmechanism and bolt removable from the bottle as a unit.

3. A bottle lock comprising a cover provided with a notch, a permutationring having a notch capable of registering with that in the cover, alocking member having a lug capable of entering the registering notchesand a casing inclosing the locking member and ring and rotatablysecuring them to the cover.

4. The combination with a stopper and a notched cover secured thereto,said cover forming a permutation member of a lock; of a permutation ringalso having a notch capable of registering with the notch in the cover,and a locking member having a lug capable of entering the notches whenregistering. V

5. The combination with a permutation locking mechanism having aplurality of cooperating relatively movable members and adapted toengage a continuous bead on the exterior of the bottle; of a stopperconneoted to one of the relatively movable members of said mechanism tooperate the same.

6. The combination with a stopper and a cover secured thereto, of alocking mechanism rotatably secured to the cover, said cover forming anelement of the locking mechanism, and the stopper acting as a handle toactuate the cover.

7. A bottle lock comprising a cover having a depending flange, saidflange having a notch, a permutation ring surrounding the flange andhaving a notch capable of registering with the notch in the flange, anarcuate spring urged bolt to take under the bead in the bottle neck, alug on the bolt capable of entering the notches when in register and acasing to rotatably secure the parts together.

8. A bottle lock comprising a cover having an off-set and a dependingflange on the oii-set provided with a notch, a casing having a cut-awayportion taking over the otiset and flange, a permutation ring having arabbet on which said flange seats and a notch capable of registeringwith the notch in the flange, said ring located between the flange andeasing, a spring urged arcuate locking bolt below the ring and flangeand a lug on the bolt.

9. A bottle lock comprising a cover having a depending flange providedwith a notch, a permutation ring having a notch, said notches capable ofbeing brought into register, a casing inclosing the ring and flange, aspring urged locking bolt pivoted to the casing and a lug on the boltcapable of entering the notches when in register.

10. The combination with a stopper, of a cover secured thereto andhaving a flange provided with two notches, a permutation ring having twonotches capable of registering with those in the cover, a casinginclosing the flange and ring and having a cut-away portion to exposethe ring, two arcuate spring urged locking bolts in the easing, saidbolts pivoted to the casing at substantially diametrical points and alug on each bolt capable of entering registering notches.

11. A bottle lock comprising a cover element having a notch, a movablelocking bolt having a lug, and a two-part permutation ring having anotch capable of registering with that in the cover and into which thelug is movable and means adapted to secure the parts of the ring indiflerent angular relation to alter the combination.

12. A bottle lock comprising a cover and a permutation locking mechanismrotatably secured thereto and capable of engaging a continuous bead onthe bottle neck, said cover forming a rotatable permutation member ofthe locking mechanism.

13. A bottle lock comprising a cover and a cooperating permutationmember rotatable with respect thereto, and a member movable transverselythereto, said transversely movable member capable of engaging a bead onthe exterior of the bottle neck.

14. In a bottle lock, the combination with a cover and a ringcooperating therewith; ot-a member movable transversely of the cover andring and capable of engaging a head on the exterior of the bottle neck,said cover, ring and member capable of independent movement andremovable from the bottle as a unit when said member disengages the beadon the bottle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signedmy name, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM H. BRYAN.

Witnesses:

J. HOOPER EDMONDSON, ALFRED G. GOODFELLOW.

